Willingness to take whatever by murder or die trying to keep it from being taken away has always, in the last analysis, made some thing mine. — 180 Proof
1. Owners have boners
2. The owned are things that can be boned — TheMadFool
Power — Maw
Power to defend what you've acquired. A limited government is necessary to ensure that you acquired it legally - meaning: without infringing on the rights of others.Power — Maw
If those others could not defend their rights to the property in question, then how is it that they had any such rights to begin with, on this account of power = ownership? — Pfhorrest
It could perhaps be assessed according to degree of attachment you feel to an object. What would hurt you more, the loss of your car or your wife? The answer would be what is more yours. — Congau
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